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Summary

This comprehensive reader offers a collection of the most important writings on leadership and management in the public and nonprofit sectors. It includes essays and articles and offers a third sector perspective on the leadership questions essential to any manager: principles and practices of leadership, organizational change, corporate culture, communication, efficiency, ethics. The book also includes issues unique to public and nonprofit organizations: understanding leadership roles in nonprofits, board leadership, alternative and collaborative leadership, strategic management, sustainability, and the future of leadership. This volume offers an ideal resource for students and professionals.

Author Biography

The Editor

James L. Perry is Distinguished Professor and Chancellor's Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs, Professor of Philanthropic Studies and Political Science at Indiana University--Bloomington, and a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books on nonprofit leadership and public administration, and serves on the editorial boards of numerous periodicals, including the American Review of Public Administration, Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration, Journal of Public Affairs Education, and Review of Public Personnel Administration.